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Have you ever needed to explode multi geometry layer into a single geometry layer, using in each new geometry the attributes of the original multi one? If you were working with FME, for instance, you basically would just use the transformer Deaggregator. Let’s learn how to solve this problem with python and QGIS!

The following code snippet teaches you how to work with QgsVectorLayers, it’s attributes and how to manipulate geometries.

from qgis.core import QgsVectorLayer, QgsFeature, QgsMapLayerRegistry
#fill in your input layer name. In this example, our inputLyrName is input_layer
inputLyrName = 'input_layer'
inputLyr = QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().mapLayersByName(inputLyrName)[0]
#fill in your output layer name. In this example, our outputLyrName is output_layer
outputName = 'output_layer'
outputLyr = QgsMapLayerRegistry.instance().mapLayersByName(outputLyrName)[0]
#tests type of output: if it is a multi parted geometry or
#a single parted geometry
if outputLyr.wkbType() in [QGis.WKBPoint, QGis.WKBLineString, QGis.WKBPolygon]:
isMulti = False
else:
isMulti = True
outputLyr.startEditing()
addList = []
for feat in inputLyr.getFeatures():
#gets all parts of geometry as an individual single geometry
parts = feat.geometry().asGeometryCollection()
#checks if it isMulti, if it is, convert each
#part in geometryCollection to multi
if isMulti:
for part in parts:
part.convertToMultiType()
#for each part, get original set of attribute and create a new feat
#with this set
for i in range(0,len(parts)):
#new feature constructor. newFeat has all atributes of feat
newFeat = QgsFeature(feat)
#set geometry with part
newFeat.setGeometry(parts[i])
#get field id and get defaultValue from provider
idx = newFeat.fieldNameIndex('id')
newFeat.setAttribute(idx,provider.defaultValue(idx))
addList.append(newFeat)
outputLyr.addFeatures(addList,True)
outputLyr.commitChanges()

We all know that GRASS is a great GIS software. Combined with QGIS it is even more great!

Using GRASS from within QGIS is very useful to deal with daily GIS problems. Everyone that works with geospatial data knows how annoying is to clean up geometries full of errors. The manual process demands lots of time and we can always forget something in the end. Do this kind of job automatically is faster and safer.

Let’s se how to do this using pyqgis. Imagine that we have a database layer like this:

A good way to clean problems like those shown above and at the same time solve snapping problems is to use the following tools in v.clean.advanced provided by GRASS: